The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-04-09
Part OF the host have crossed the food,
And part are crossing now.

land Of snow and flre--deep TO deep,
storm TO storm, darkness TO darkness;
but once in the ark, all Is well.
The Lord shut him in.
The same door fastenings that keep
Noah In, keep the world out am
glad to know that when man reaches
heaven all earthly troubles are done
with him. Here he may have had IL
hard 10 get bread for his family; there
he will never hunger any more. Here
he may have wept bitterly; there
The lamb that is in the midst OF the
throne will lead him TO living fountains
of water, and God will wipe away all tears
from his eyes.
Here he may have hard work to
get house; but in my fathers house
are many mansions, and rent day
never comes. Here there are death
beds, and collins and graves; there,
no sickness, no weary watching, no
choking cough, no consuming fever,
no chattering chill, no toling bell. no
grave. The sorrows of life shall come
up and knock Mt the door, but no adj
mittance. The perplexities Of life
l oAoiA tVhit UP anu hHONh VII tilt dOOls
but no admittance. Safe foreverl All
the agony of earth in one wave
dashing against the bulwarks of the
ship Of celestial light shall not break
them down. Howl on, We winds, and
rage, We seasl
If the ark of Christ is so grand a
place in which to live, and die. and
triumph, come into the ark. Know
well that the door that shut Noah in
shut the world out; and though, when
the pitiless storm came pelting on
their heads, they beat upon the door,
saying, LET me I'M" the door did not
open. For 100 years they were in
vited.
But meanwhile the storm was brew
ing. The fountains of heaven were
filling up. The pry was being placed
beneath the foundations Of the great
deep. The last year had come, the
last month. the last week, the last day,
the last hour. the last moment. In an
awful dash, an ocean dropped from
the sky, and another rolled up from
beneath; and God rolled the earth
and sky into one wave of universal
destruction.
So men now put off going into the
ark. They say they will wait twenty
years first They will have little
longer time with their worldly asso-
ciates. They will wait until they get
older.
have no doubt that derision kept
many people out of the ark. The
world laughed 70 see man 60 in, and
said:
"Here is man starting for the ark.
Why there viii be no deluge. III there
IS one, that miserable ship will not
weather it. Aha going into the ark
Well, that is too good to keep. Here,
fellows, have YOU heard the news?
This man is going into the ark"
Under this artillery of scorn the
good mans resolutions persisted.
And SO there are hundreds kept out
by the fear Of derision.
Is il not the fear Of being laughed at
that keeps you out Of the Kingdom of
God? Which Of these scorners will help
you at the last? When you lie down
on dying pillow which of them will
be there9 In the day Of eternity will
they bail you out?
Ny friends and neighbors, come in
right way. Come in through Christ
the wide door the door that swings
out toward you. Come in and be
saved. Come in and be happy.
But do not come alone The text
invites you TO bring your family.
Come thou and all thy house.
That means your wife and your
children. You cannot drive them in
If Noah had tried TO drive the pigeons
and the doves into the ark he would
only have scattered them. Some pa
rents are not wise about these things.
They make iron rules about Sabbaths,
and they force the catechism down the
throat as they would hold the child's
nose and force down dose Of rhubarb
and calomel. You can not drive your
children into the ark. You can draw
your children TO Christ, but you can
not coerce them. The cross was lifted
not to drive, but 10 draw.
BE sure that you bring your husband
and wife with you. How would Noah
have felt If, when he heard the rain
pattering on the roof of the ark, he
knew that his wife was outside in the
Storm No; she went with him. And
yet some of you are on the ship ''out-
ward bound" for heaven, but your
companion Is unshelterel. You re-
member the day when the marriage
ring was set. Nothing has yet